| Nilachaley Mahaprabhu | |
| Director: | Kartik Chattopadhyay |
| Screenplay: | Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay Bimal Mitra |
| Story: | Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay |
| Starring: | Asim Kumar Dipti Roy Sumitra Devi Chhabi Biswas Ahindra Choudhury Bhanu Bandyopadhyay Kanu Banerjee Nripati Chattopadhyay |
| Music: | Rai Chand Boral Pranab Ray (lyrics) Baishnab Mahalanabis (lyrics) |
| Cinematography: | Amulya Mukhopadhyay |
| Editing: | Haridas Mahalanobis |
| Studio: | Udoy Chitra Pratisthan |
| Based On: | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
| Distributor: | Movie Maya Pvt. Ltd. |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Bengali |
Nilachaley Mahaprabhu was a 1957 Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the Bhakti movement during his years at Nilachal, the shrine of Jagannath at Puri.[1] [2] It stars Asim Kumar in the title role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Nripati Chattopadhyay and Chhabi Biswas in supporting roles.[1] [3]
At the beginning of his career, a 20-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee was rejected in his screen test for the film by director Kartik Chattopadhyay, he later made his debut with Apur Sansar (1959).[4] The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers.[5] The first film of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Nader nimai followed by this film.